National Science Board Meeting

The National Science Board typically meets four times a year. These meetings include sessions that are open to the public. Agendas are typically posted one week before the meetings. To attend in-person, please email your name as it appears on your photo ID, along with your affiliation, at least 24 hours in advance to nationalsciencebrd@nsf.gov. NSB continues to livestream all open meeting sessions on its YouTube channel.

National Science Board Meeting 

Feb 21 – 22, 2024

YouTube Link Day 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xabZle0pBw

YouTube Link Day 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7129GfU61Y

February 21, 2024

Plenary Open
10:00 – 11:45 AM

• NSB Chair’s Opening Remarks
• NSF Director’s Opening Remarks
• NSF’s Role in the Future of Artificial Intelligence
  • Tess DeBlanc-Knowles NSF Staff Associate for Technology Policy & Strategy, TIP/OAD
  • Michael Littman, Division Director, Division of Information and Intelligent Systems

Lunch Break
11:45 AM – 12:45 PM

Plenary Open
12:45 PM – 2:30 PM

• Approval of November Open Meeting Minutes
• Committee Reports
  • Committee on External Engagement
  • Committee on National Science and Engineering Policy
    • Discussion of draft policy messages and Indicators 2024 rollout
      • Vote on “Talent is the Treasure” policy message
    • Overview of the future of Indicators
• Working Group Reports
  • National Security Team, Working Group
  • Talent Development Team, Working Group
• NSF Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer Charles Barber, DEIA Program Overview and Discussion

Break
2:30 PM – 2:45 PM

Plenary Open
2:45 – 3:40 PM

Closed Plenary
3:30 – 3:45 PM

Closed Committee Meeting
3:45 – 4:45 PM

End of Meeting Day 1

February 22, 2024

Open Plenary
9:00 – 9:20 AM

• NSB Chair’s Welcome/Remarks
• Committee Reports
  • NSB-NSF Commission on Merit Review

Open Committee Meeting
9:20 – 10:05 AM

• Committee on A&F
  • Antarctic Support Contract Discussion

Plenary Closed
10:05 – 10:35 AM

• NSB Chair’s Remarks
• Approval of November 2023 Closed Minutes
• NSF Director’s Remarks Agency Operating Status

Break
10:35 – 10:45 AM

Closed Plenary
10:45 AM – 12:15 PM

• • Committee Reports
  • Committee on Awards and Facilities
    • US Extremely Large Telescopes, Discussion and Vote
    • National Solar Observatory, Discussion
    • Joint Committees on Strategy and Awards and Facilities meeting
  • Committee on Strategy
    • NSF’s FY 2025 Annual Performance Plan and FY 2023 Annual Performance Report
  • Committee on Oversight
    • Discussion of NSF’s Pilot programs to include Broader Impacts experts on Committees of Visitors and improve reviewer training
  • NSB-NSF Commission on Merit Review

Vote to Enter EPC
12:15 PM

Lunch Break
12:15 – 1:35 PM

Executive Plenary Closed
12:45 – 1:35 PM

• NSB Chair’s Opening Remarks
• Approval of November 2023 Executive Plenary Closed Meeting Minutes
• NSB Director’s Remarks
• • NSB Chair’s Closing Remarks

End of Meeting Day 2